s. backing down at arnold from the royal united services institute. thank you so much for that analysis. the british government has halted the sale of premier league club chelsea after and froze the assets of its russian owner roman abramoff is. the oligarchy is an ally of russian president vladimir putin. chelsea will still be allowed to play matches, but the club won't be able to sell any more tickets for games, buy or sell players or sell merchandise. the measures are intended to deprive abramoff which of benefiting from the clubs ownership. ukrainian athletes have made another appeal for peace. at the beijing paralympics, several members of ukraine's national paralympic committee observed a minute of silence calling for an end to the war. despite grappling with rushes, invasion of their homeland, the ukrainian team has thrived at the paralympics. if claimed 6 gold medals, putting them 3rd in the table behind china and canada on friday, ukraine will have more metal chances. the teams resilience has been applauded by the president of the internation

for days with us now from london, his ed arnold hayes, a european security expert with royal united services institute, a defense think tank, and thank you for joining database. this morning, where are now a week and a half into the war in ukraine, militarily. how is russia doing so yes, run de latanus for um and the wishing military. i'm have performed very poorly and i think it's a very poor plan that executed or so poorly. um they are, their movement is very constrained. it's been very slow in some ways, it's been very complex. and as you just highlighted in your piece, the logistics problems of supplying for line troops, he said hampering efforts across the country to continue their advance. and the invasion started on the north east and south. and we're seeing a lot better performance to the south. um, but in the northeastern north stoled and actually in some places the ukrainian forces are putting in quite small. ready scale at the moment, very a sophisticated counter attacks which is causing tuition advancement, serious problems. how are the ukrainians doing it? i mean, as we've just said, they

s. backing down at arnold from the royal united services institute. thank you so much for that analysis. stories in berlin say they're struggling to cope with a large number of refugees arriving in the german capital. city officials want the federal government to help relocate thousands of mostly women and children to other parts of the country. thousands arrive every day. traumatized, exhausted, glad to be safe. but didn't because no law and people tried to help us and that i had all hell. what can he door and just as a avid yvonne help and the every month i told katie about us, so it's ok among the good samaritans, this police officer who bid farewell to a family of 4 whom she opened her home to leave some uses altogether that the family was supposed to go to mac the berg last night, where they had been assigned to her, and after that had too long days hanging around. i couldn't see them going to mac de berg again in the evening. so the slate with me for a night and now they're continuing on it, but i don't like that as well as the refugees offers o

and joining us from oxford in england, samuel romney, an associate fellow at the royal united services instituteod to have you with us. ray, what is the mood in poland? the significant role that poland finds itself in. ray: to start off, in general the polish population has done a , remarkable job in the government in hosting literally millions. so we're seeing more people uh migrating or refugees falling into poland than we've seen refugee flows in this short span of time since world war ii. i think it's an important point to highlight you mentioned the migrants on the belarus border this is all part of the full , operation that putin initiated last summer. that hybrid warfare attack against the polish border, those were migrants being used as weapons against poland, destabilizing the border, and then also tying up the military force so that they can't concentrate and focus on their primary mission. but overall generally the polls -- poles are very positive about what they're able to do to help their ukrainian brothers, they see this existential crisis for them for ukraine as an existential cri

and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown and malcolm chalmers, deputy director at rusi — the royal united services institutent pages, starting with... the mirror says there is outrage after a ukrainian children's hospital was destroyed in a russian air strike. the i also leads with news of that attack in mariupol. it says wounded mothers were stretchered out of the blast zone. "an atrocitity" — that's how ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky described the attack, according to the guardian. the financial times also leads with volodymyr zelensky�*s comments. it says the ukrainian president is pleading for the world to help. the daily mail says borisjohnson has condemned the bombing of the children's hospital, and promised to hold vladmir putin to account. finally, the telegraph reports that there are fears vladimir putin could use chemical weapons next. yasmin, do you want to start us off this evening with that front page of the mirror? very striking photograph. the mirror? very striking photograph-— the mirror? very striking photograph. the mirror? very striking -hotoara-h. , . , ., , photograph. yes, and

as well as i speak to samuel romani, a military analysts, an associate fellow at the royal united services institute. he's joining us from oxford in the u. k. samuel, very good job. you again, on ology 0. so ukrainian forces are reported to be encircling russian troops now northwest of keys. just how significant is this and what does it mean for the battle? fought for the ukrainian capital? well, the honey is really a 2 choices when they were that face of the russian events of the 1st was to carry out a prolonged counterinsurgency campaign. so acting as gorilla insurgents. so that's very similar to what the majority dean didn't afghanistan or where the chechen rebels did during the 99 days. but now they're taking an alternate course, which is actually to launch attacks and russian positions because they believe that the russian battle lines are going to be stable enough. and that they've had enough fun security in their own cities. they can now contrived, you a cut off the supply ruge towards russian forces. so you can go out of the attack and not just acting as a guerrilla insurgency is a big trans

k. samuel romani, associate fellow at the royal united services institute for defense and security studies and from to lose france. battista or bear chief executive officer of predictor lab, an organization focusing on fighting this information. gentlemen, thank you all for being with us today on inside, sorry pavel in moscow. let me start with you. some russian analysts had said president putin had ordered a victory by march. the 2nd were now mid march and key. there's still standing. is the car fix going the way russia wants? are rushes war goals on track? well, obviously not, and not only in russia, there are such predictions. the pentagon was saying that ukrainian organized resistance will all squared away collapse and 72 hours. that means and 3 days. and then of course, there could be guerrilla warfare, but or, or do organized a committee, a chain of command of ukrainian melcher will collapse, lo, it didn't the ukrainians, they're still very much fighting organized force. their staffs are working, the chain of command is intact. and naturally right now, i would say we are at the cresc

from the royal united services institute.he capital of serbia, to stop the ethnic cleansing of albanians by serbs in kosovo. this is now often referred to by the russian president when justifying the war in ukraine. 0ne russian president when justifying the war in ukraine. one of the leaders has been outspoken against the war in ukraine is the prime minister of kosovo.— the war in ukraine is the prime minister of kosovo. while there is definitely a _ minister of kosovo. while there is definitely a hybrid _ minister of kosovo. while there is definitely a hybrid war _ minister of kosovo. while there is definitely a hybrid war in - minister of kosovo. while there is definitely a hybrid war in western | definitely a hybrid war in western balkans is, because there are different proxies in our region, who are directly influenced and perhaps even financed by the kremlin, namely serbia, another neighbour who doesn't recognise a republic, but also of bosnia, herzegovina, have very broad and strong ties with moscow. we are worried, but

and joining us from oxford in england, samuel romney an associate fellow at the royal united services institute. good to have your witness. so right. watching, if i could start with you since you are in war, so what, what, what's the mood in the country right now? what would be the significant role that poland now finds itself in here? well, to start off with general bullish population has done a remarkable job in the government, in the hosting literally now millions. so we're seeing more people migrating or, or refugees. and then we've seen refugee flows in this short span of time since world war 2. i think it's an important point. i, i, you mentioned a migrant on the bell rouge ordered. this is all part of the full operation that initiated last summer. that hybrid warfare attack against the bully order, those were migrants being used as against a stabilizing the border. and then also i military force are so that they can concentrate focus on their primary overall. generally the bulls are very, very ukrainian brothers, a see this, existential prices are down or ukraine as an existential crisis

thanks so much bernard smith, justin bronk is a research fellow for air power at the royal united services institute. he explains the types of hypersonic weapons. there are a few kinds of hyper sonic muscles which use different principles. so one would be simply maneuverable, if you'd like, i'd like vehicle that quote, height is like on top of a large ballistic missile. so something that flies a ballistic trajectory goes out very high and then comes down using not coming down very fast to, to use that speed and maneuver. and then those cruise missiles, which use something called a scram jet basic teen incredibly high speed, jet engine as well. as a base, the rocket, it seems to have been, the russians have indeed used the missile. they claim to control. this is effectively a simpler weapon. it's basically a ballistic missile. it's an adapt to discover ballistic massage on the standard medium range. ballistic missiles that they have adapted to the launch from a very large acro flight to intercept one. and so by launching at a very high speed in very high altitude, it doesn't have to use that field to

they specialize in european security at the royal united services institute. granting one with this morning, you will see that defense intelligence briefing. it strikes me, as a fair assessment, of where we are right now. you know more about these things and i do. what do you make of it? >> it is worth noting, the uk defense intelligence assessment, and is essentially saying that they are looking to achieve their objectives. that is, in large parts of the country, especially the north. they have, essentially, gone static. they have run out of steam, in terms of operation, and their offensive, because they are taking heavy casualties. they are also struggling, logistically, and the assessment stands that russia is struggling to achieve, probably, their primary aims, and will probably try now to think about what their secondary aims could be, or something that could be a political victory for putin. >> simply, it is, why has apply not work? you mentioned the problems with logistics, and so much plays a part in it. was, it simply, that they vastly underestimated

. >>> let's dig deeper now with ed arnold, research fellow at the royal united services institute andetired u.s. air force colonel cedric leighton. good morning to both of you. ed, i want to start with you. president zelenskyy is calling on the european union to do more for ukraine after refusing to fast track ukraine's membership application to the eu. that's something that can take years. it's a very lengthy process. what do you suspect happens next with regard to this situation? >> yes, you're right. president zelenskyy asked for a fast track membership, it went through to the eu and they've tempered it. so it will take some time. it is a be lengthy process. at the moment it's more important for zelenskyy to get that political support from the eu for a number of reasons. the eu have already doubled their military package and aid support to ukraine and that will continue in the short-term. i think in the long-term, ultimately, yes, president zelenskyy would like eu membership but also the support that that brings. >> all right. colonel, let's talk a little bit about the military str

tom keating is a financial security expert at the royal united services institute. and he joins me now. good morning, mister keaton. good morning. >> boris johnson insisted at the crescent on wednesday, that britain is leading the way when it comes to sanctions on russia. is that claim justified? >> the uk should be leading the way. we have a global financial sector full of russian banks, russian money, russian investment. therefore we have to lead the way. and when you look at the water numbers, the government will argue yes, however, the government has put out there that the oligarchs is a measure. and that measure is what is leading the way. >> when you say, -- well who else is ahead of us as it were? >> well, the union and the u.s. was moving faster on individuals. i think the government here have realized that they've tied themselves up in knots with their sanctions law. but in the case where they're freezing bank assets and other parts of infrastructure, the uk is definitely taking a lead. >> do you think that the situation that you have described, at some lev

for more on events in moscow, i�*m joined by natia seskuria, associate fellow at the royal united services institute i think this was a quite extraordinary and _ like this? i think this was a quite extraordinary and rare _ like this? i think this was a quite extraordinary and rare public- like this? i think this was a quite - extraordinary and rare public speech by vladimir putin as we don�*t see him going out much these days. 0ver him going out much these days. over the past few years, he has been in almost full isolation. i think this really demonstrates that putin is fighting on different fronts, and he is losing the confidence about continued domestic support in light of the heavy sanctions that are affecting every single segment of the russian society from oligarchs to ordinary citizens. during his speech, he praised the russian unity over the war in ukraine, the so—called special military operation. this event officially marked the eighth anniversary of russia�*s at the annexation of crimea but however his main messages represented the continuation of the narrative of propaganda that he has be

is having to defend itself with justin bronk as a research fellow for our power at the royal united services institute. he explains the different types of hypersonic weapons. there are a few kinds of hype to sonic missiles which use different principles. so one would be simply put maneuverable if you'd like high light vehicle. the height is like on top of a large ballistic missile. so something that flies a ballistic trajectory goes up very high and then comes down using that coming down very fast to, to use that speed in manila. and then those cruise missiles, which use something called a scram jet. so basically, an incredibly high speed jet engine, as well as a base to rocket. this seems to have been, the russians have indeed used the missile, the claim to control. this is effectively a simpler weapon. it's basically a ballistic missile. it's an adapt to discount a ballistic massage on the standard medium range. ballistic missiles that they have adapted to be launched from a very large acro site to intercept this one. and so by launching at a very high speed and very high altitude, it doesn't have t

with samuel romani, who was a military analyst and an associate fellow at the united royal united services institute is joining us from oxford family. very good to talk to you again on al jazeera. as natasha said there this strike on this military training camp. i certainly rattled many. moscow says they were 4 in mercenaries trading at this camp . how credible is this? what was this facility in yavari being used for? well, it's a bit difficult to shake worship statements at face value, about our foreign mercenaries, or even about arms caches, because the same quote can be made that russia would make a threat, that any entry of foreign forces into the comp what is interference. and also anyone to western arms to ukraine is the west declaring as some kind of warm russia . and then 24 hours later they strike a facility to kind of show that those threats at metal. so we shouldn't take the russian view at face value, but that the so the, in the ever even the surroundings have been used for logistical and military training. and from the russian point of view, i guess that would be seen as nato in kurt mc

drjack watling, an expert in land and — specifically — urban warfare at the london—based royal united services instituter putin. he was saying that people were being used as human shields. what in your view, is it clear to you what the russian strategy is here? at view, is it clear to you what the russian strategy is here? at the beauinnin russian strategy is here? at the beginning of— russian strategy is here? at the beginning of the _ russian strategy is here? at the beginning of the week _ russian strategy is here? at the beginning of the week if - russian strategy is here? at the beginning of the week if we - russian strategy is here? at the j beginning of the week if we take arcade the russians were trying to attack it with light infantry and seize it by storm. that fit that failed, but they have present —— transition to a surrounding these cities and conducting extensive artillery strikes that are indiscriminately hitting civilian population. the intent and logic is to break the will of the resistance by killing those civilians as well as the defenders. so he can truly say they are human shields w

i'm joined now by dr aniseh bassiri tabrizi, a senior research fellow at royal united services instituteprogress that is happening in vienna, the likely repercussion has been that a side deal has been made also on this issue and that we have seen the very, very good news today about the first two prisoners, hopefully more to be released also. coming in the next few weeks.— to be released also. coming in the next few weeks. what degree do you think this is connected _ next few weeks. what degree do you think this is connected to _ next few weeks. what degree do you think this is connected to the - next few weeks. what degree do you think this is connected to the fact - think this is connected to the fact that there is a global energy crisis, because of the sanctions on russia, that perhaps iranian oil is more needed that it was before? i don't think this is connected. we know that this issue has been discussed for many months. obviously, this has been discussed also for years, but without much progress. i think really what is happening in vienna, what has been happening, especially over t

isjustin bronk — he specialises in airpower and technology the military think tank — the royal united services institute it significant insofar as the russians are _ be? i think it significant insofar as the russians are using i be? i think it significant insofar as the russians are using the l be? i think it significant insofar. as the russians are using the one bit of theirair as the russians are using the one bit of their air capabilities, air launched cruise missiles, that are relatively effective and have consistently been in action throughout the campaign, to emphasise both ukrainian citizens but also to the west, who are supplying weapons and other aid through western ukraine, that the entire country is fair game, the entire country is fair game, the entire country is under threat to both pile pressure on the government in kyiv and to perhaps make the west think twice about stepping up any, for example, in—person training missions in the west of ukraine. by emphasising they would be a danger of their personnel being directly hit there as well. $5 of their personnel being directly hit there as wel

he's a research fellow for ad power at the royal you to serve you role united services institute. i should say thank you so much for joining us. so 1st of all, let's start with the question of what exactly makes a miss ayla hypersonic missile? what makes it more advanced? it's simply down to the speed or is there anything different when it comes to its payload and its precision and so on? and so there are a few times of type to sonic missiles which use different principles. so one would be simply put maneuverable if you'd like, light vehicle like 100 miles on top of a large ballistic missiles or something that flies a ballistic trajectory goes up very high and then comes down using not coming down very fast to, to use that speed in manila and then those cruise missiles which use something called a scram jet basic teen incredibly high speed, jet engine. as well as a base the rocket. it seems to have been the russians have indeed used the michel, they're trying to control. this is effectively a simpler weapon. it's basically a ballistic missile. it's an adapt to discover a ballistic